For Staff
...wanting to author e-learning materials
- Using the Course Materials Repository
- Using Online Coursework Submission
- Using the Plagiarism Detection Service
- Using Moodle
- Using WebCT
- Using Perception
- Using a Personal Response System
- SENDA
- Supporting Online Learning
- IPR and Copyright Guidance
- E-Learning Network (Mailing List)
- Training
- Learning and Teaching
In this section:
- Introduction
- What does Moodle offer?
- How to access Moodle
- Requesting a course
- A teacher view of Moodle
- Organising your Moodle course
- Adding resources to your Moodle course
- Adding activities to your Moodle course
- Supporting and monitoring students in Moodle
- Resources for learning about Moodle
Moodle
Requesting a course
If you want to use Moodle to support your students’ learning, you will need to request the set up of a course in Moodle via e-mail: ltt@essex.ac.uk, providing:- Your full name;
- The full name of the course;
- The short course code (if it is a module)
- If the course you want set up is not a standard module, please provide as much information about the course as you can.
- Names of any other staff who should have access.
You will notified by email when the new course has been set up. In most cases, you will be given access to the course as a teacher, a role that allows you to edit the course.
Student access to your course
There are three main criteria that need to be met, before a student will be able to access a course in Moodle:- The student needs a Computing Service account (i.e. a University login).
- The student needs to be enrolled on the course.
- The Moodle course* needs to be made available to the student (see the instructions below). Moodle can take 24-48 hours to reflect any changes to student details.
* Note: for scheme-based courses set up in Moodle, at least one of the core modules need to be available to students, otherwise the student won't see the scheme course.
Making your course available to your students
By default, a new course that is set up in Moodle is hidden from students. This is so you can work on the course until it is ready for viewing. Your course will not be available to students until you make it visible to them.The document "Making your course available" (PDF) gives instructions on how to make your course visible.
PDF files require the free Adobe Reader to view them.
